The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
The good news is that the epigenome can change. Those loops and structures can be modified by how you live your life. And so if you're born tall and I wasn't, and I wished at the time I did grow, but no matter what size you are, you can have a bigger impact on your life than anything your genes give you.
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So, I think genetics is our starting point, but it doesn't dictate our end point. And so if you have parents who have never really paid attention to their diet, have never really engaged in sport or structured exercise or resistance training, then how they fare through the aging process does not have to be the same experience for you.
Well, consider this, that 80% of your future health is in your own hands, it's modifiable; 20% is genetic, which you can't do much about yet.
I think you can often overcome many of the genetic things just like with chronic diseases or with your lifestyle modifications